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The Phantom of the Opera

by Gaston Leroux

Summary
This famous classic about a man with a terribly deformed face who falls in love with the beautiful French opera singer, Christine Daa, is told long after the events happen. A historian researches the events surrounding the mysterious disappearance of Viscount Chagny and Christine Daa and this is his story. He learns from his research that this mans face was so monstrous that even his mother could not look at him when he was a child, and his hope of ever finding love was an impossible dream. Much of what we learn about this man, Erik, who almost everyone at the time believes is a ghost, comes at the end of the story when all is revealed by the Persian who knew him better than anyone. The story begins when the ghost is seen in the Opera on the evening of the retirement party for the managers. There is a death in the Opera that night as well. The retiring managers inform the new managers that there is a ghost who can bring disaster to the Opera if he does not get what he wants. The new managers laugh and do not believe this story until they make the mistake of going against the wishes of the ghost. The ghost is in love with Christine Daa and manages to carry her away to his underground house on the lake below the Opera. She believes he is the Angel of Music, who her father promised to send to her after he died. To her horror she discovers, when she sees him for the first time, that she is in the grips of a terrible monster. Count Chagnys brother Raoul, the viscount, is also in love with Christine but she cannot return his love for fear of what the monster will do if he finds them together. The monster and the viscount are jealous of each other but the monster is far cleverer and Raoul ends up in Eriks torture room with the Persian who is trying to help him find Christine. When it seems that there is no hope and they will die in the torture room, the Persian reminds Erik that he saved Eriks life once. This saves the two men. When Christine touches the monsters hand, mixes her tears with his, and allows the monster to kiss her, he has his first and last taste of human affection and love. He can now allow Christine to go with Raoul. We learn toward the end of the story that Erik was born with no nose and yellow eyes. In fairs all across Europe he learned magic. He sang beautifully, was the worlds first ventriloquist, and could perform unbelievable tricks. When a Persian Princess heard about him, she instructed her chief of police, known as the Persian in the story, to bring him to her palace in Mazenderan. The king used Eriks skills for political murders. Erik built a palace full of trap doors and secret passages for the king. It was a work of genius and the king ordered Eriks death so that no one else could have such a palace. The chief of police saved Erik from death and Erik escaped. Finally, he went to Paris, where he worked for

Philippe Garnier, the architect of the Paris Opera. During the war, work on the Opera stopped but Erik continued working alone, building trap doors and secret passages. It is his genius, his talents, and his personal tragedy that lead him to a life as the phantom of the opera.

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About the author

Gaston Leroux, born in Paris in 1868, was trained in law, but chose a career in writing. He wrote stories, plays, poems, novels and screenplays. His own extensive travels around the world and his knowledge of the layout of the Paris Opera are cleverly interwoven into The Phantom of the Opera. He was intrigued by the design of the opera house and thought it would be the perfect setting for a detective story. The story remains as popular today as it was when he wrote it.

Background and themes

This story is about the great misfortune which can come to someone when they are different from everyone else, when that person is not accepted for who they are. When people do not look into the heart of the man but look at appearances only, they quickly misjudge that person. This is what happens to Erik. In spite of his enormous musical talent, his skillfulness as a magician, ventriloquist, architect, and inventor, he cannot join the human race because of his terrible face. He wants nothing more than acceptance, especially acceptance from a woman. He wants a wife and a normal life in a normal house like other people. He will never have these things and he knows it. So he becomes revengeful and tortures those who do not allow him to do as he wishes. He uses his genius to create a mysterious world where he can torture people he dislikes. While this is a work of fiction, the character of Erik is sadly all too recognizable. We see in society today terrible crimes committed by people who have lived as outsiders, who have not had friends, who live in a world of their own. Vulnerable young people, like Christine Daa and Raoul Chagny, can easily become victims of such people. Because they are afraid, they do not go to the police. But it is also the story of the class system, whereby uneducated, poor people are used and discarded by their superiors, as in the case of the servant of Monsieur Moncharmin. It is a story of good and evil, love and hate, jealousy and greed. And, in the end, good conquers evil.

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Teachers Notes
Communicative activities
ACTIVITIES BEFORE READING THE BOOK 1 Find out how many of your students have seen the play or the movie The Phantom of the Opera. Did they like it? Why? Ask them to look at the cover of the book and read the blurb on the back. They should work in pairs to write a list of questions that they hope to find answers to when they read. 2 Ask students to read the Contents and to look up any new words in their dictionaries. They can write these words in their notebooks with the definitions and add any other new words as they read the story. 3 Tell the students that the story is told by a man who wants to know the true story of the phantom in the Paris Opera long after the events happened. Some of the story comes to him from books and letters, some from people he spoke to. Ask them if they have ever read a book told in this way. What advantages are there to writing in this way, do they think? ACTIVITIES AFTER READING A SECTION Chapters 13 1 Put students into small groups and ask them to discuss what the historian finds strange about these things in the story. (a) the rope (b) Christine Daas divine voice (c) the ghost at the supper table 2 Ask students to work in pairs and to discuss the effect these people had on Christines early life: (a) Monsieur Daa (b) Monsieur Valrius (c) Madame Valrius (d) Raoul Chagny

2 Put students into groups of three. Ask them to prepare a roleplay of the conversation between Madame Giry and the managers when they suspect her of stealing the 20,000 francs on pages 5455. After they perform their role-plays, ask the students what they think happened to the money. 3 Put the students into small groups and ask them to discuss what Mifroid meant when he said, This is, gentlemen, the art of the police. Do they think he is very clever? What does Mifroid think of Raoul, the managers and the Angel of Music? Chapters 1012 1 Put the students into small groups and ask them to make a list of all of Eriks clever tricks and inventions that he uses for his torture room. Where did he learn these things? Then ask the groups to compare their lists. Ask the class which invention they think was his most clever. 2 Elicit from the class the events from Eriks life in chronological order, and write them on the board. What do these events tell us about the man? What adjectives would the students use to describe Erik? Make a list. Do they think he was evil? 3 Ask the students to look at the Contents page again and to write new headings for each chapter. They may prefer to work alone or in pairs. Then let them compare their headings and discuss their choices. 4 Ask the students to look at the list of questions they had before they read the book. Can they now answer these questions? Have any been left unanswered? If so, what do they think the answers probably are. Have a class discussion.

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Glossary
Chapters 13 allowance (n) money provided regularly for a special purpose angel (n) a messenger and servant of God ballet (n) a theatrical performance in which a story is told using artistic dancing and music box (n) a very small room with an open side which is in the theatre. People can sit in them to watch the performance box office (n) a place in the theatre where tickets are sold cellar (n) an underground room, usually without windows and used for storing goods count (n) a man who has a high social position in Europe because of the family he comes from divine (adj) having the qualities of God, or coming from God franc (n) the former unit of money in France genius (n) a person with great talent memorandum (n) a note from one person to another within the same organization opera (n) a musical play in which many or all of the words are sung phantom (n) a ghost skeleton (n) the complete set of bones in a human body skull (n) the bone of the head superstitious (adj) believing that some objects or actions are lucky or unlucky tremble (v) to shake uncontrollably, usually with fear triumph (n) a complete victory or success viscount (n) a man with a social position below a count Chapters 46 carriage (n) a vehicle with wheels that is pulled by a horse chandelier (n) a large decoration made of pieces of glass that holds lights (electric or flame) and which hangs from the ceiling mask (n) something that covers all or part of the face to protect or hide it toad (n) an animal like a large frog which has a brownish colour torture (v) to cause great pain or suffering to someone to punish them or make them give you information trap door (n) a small door that covers an opening in a floor Chapters 79 monster (n) a strange, frightening creature or someone who is extremely cruel and evil safety pin (n) a wire pin that is used to hold two pieces of material together Chapters 1012 grasshopper (n) an insect that jumps with its long back legs and makes short loud noises scorpion (n) a tropical creature like a large insect with a curving tail that has a poisonous sting ventriloquist (n) a person who uses his voice without moving his lips so that the sound seems to come from someone else

3 Put students into pairs and ask some pairs to role play the scene when Raoul finds Christine in the sitting room at the Setting Sun. Ask other pairs to role play their meeting in the graveyard. Give them enough time to prepare and help them with pronunciation and intonation. Then allow each pair to perform for the rest of the class. Chapters 46 1 Ask students to work in pairs and to write the letter Christine wrote to Raoul after that night in Perros (page 28). Then ask them to exchange letters and compare what they wrote. Let the class decide which letter is the best. 2 Ask the students to work in small groups and to think about the events in chapters 5 and 6. Ask them to discuss the choices Christine makes and whether they think she has done the right thing? Then have a whole class discussion. 3 Put students into pairs and ask them to role play the conversation between Raoul and Christine from the point where they come to the eighth floor and see the Persian to when they look for the ring but cannot find it. After they perform their role-plays, ask the students what they think Raoul and Christine should do at this point in the story and why. Chapters 79 1 Write these events on the board. Ask the students to discuss in small groups how Philippe and Raoul feel when these events happen. (a) Raoul takes his gun and shoots the eyes. (b) The newspaper reports the marriage of Viscount Chagny and Christine Daa. (c) Christine disappears from the stage.
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The Phantom of the Opera

by Gaston Leroux

ACTIVITIES BEFORE READING THE BOOK 1 Read the Introduction and answer these questions. (a) What has the opera ghost done to make the managers decide to leave their jobs? (b) Who is telling the story? (c) Why did the man telling the story go to the National School of Music? (d) Why did he speak to the Persian? (e) What was the Paris Opera built over? ( f ) Why did Leroux know so much about the Opera building? (g) How many floors are underground? 2 Put these events from Lerouxs life in the correct order.

( f ) The new managers are told there is a ghost and that disaster strikes when the ghost does not get what he wants. (g) The managers receive an inspectors report about a problem in Box Five. (h) The man with the Face of Death tells the guests that Buquet was found hanging. ( i ) Madame Giry tries to explain to the new managers that the opera ghost spoke to the people who were sitting in his box. ( j ) Monsieur Poligny shows the new managers the memorandum book with the strange handwriting in red ink.

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3 Are these sentences true or false? Correct the false ones. (a) As children, Christine Daa and Raoul played together in the graveyard at Perros-Guirec. (b) Christines father was a poor farmer, a widower and a talented violinist. (c) Monsieur Valrius took Christine to Perros-Guirec, where she met Raoul for the first time. (d) Christines father told her that the Angel of Music brings great talent to those he visits. (e) When Monsieur Valrius died, Christine lost her voice, her soul, and her genius. Chapters 46 1 What happened when (a) Madame Giry told the managers that she had received a letter from the ghost? (b) Carlotta received a letter threatening her if she appeared on stage that night? (c) Carlotta sang her only two lines for the second act? (d) the managers returned to Box Five for the third act? (e) the managers returned and found the opera glasses and remembered Madame Girys words? (f) Christine saw Viscount Chagny as she began to sing? (g) Carlotta sang in the third act? (h) the ghost says to the managers,She is singing tonight to bring the chandelier down! 2 After the chandelier fell, what happened to (a) Carlotta? (b) Christine Daa? (c) Madame Giry?

(a) In Morocco, he learned about France and Germanys struggle for power there. (b) He formed his own production company. (c) He studied law and received a law degree. (d) He wrote his first successful novel which introduced the detective Rouletabille. (e) His father died, leaving him a large amount of money.

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ACTIVITIES WHILE READING THE BOOK Chapters 13 1 Which character in the first chapter (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) is in charge of moving scenery? is the singing master? has a private box in the Opera? is in charge of Box Five? is found hanging in the third cellar? is the scenery manager? gives a surprisingly talented performance and then faints? (h) is sick and cannot perform? ( i ) has just returned from a trip around the world and is going to the North Pole? ( j ) tells Christine, The angels in heaven cried tonight? 2 Put the sentences into the correct order.

(a) The retiring managers and the new managers leave the guests and go to the office. (b) The managers tell the inspector they no longer want Madame Giry working for them. (c) Jammes sees the Opera ghost for the second time and screams loudly. (d) Monsieur Richard receives a letter from the opera ghost asking him not to sell Box Five. (e) The managers go to Box Five to inspect it.

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3 Who speaks, writes or sings these words and to who? (a) But you know as well as I do that Christine couldnt marry, even if she wanted to! (b) The genius gives her lessons? Where? (c) Go to the masked party at the Opera on the night after tomorrow. (d) Dear, it is a tragedy! (e) Our lives are joined forever and a day! ( f ) Who is this Erik? Chapters 79 1 Who is described in these sentences? Viscount Chagny the Persian Monsieur Richard Erik Monsieur Moncharmin Raoul Christine Daa Philippe (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) He is always in the Opera. His eyes only show in the dark He took out his gun and aimed at the two eyes. The report in the Epoque said he intended to prevent the marriage. When the lights came back on, she was no longer there! He continued shouting for a safety pin until a boy brought him one. He put his hands together and lowered his head, and left slowly, walking backwards! The face was so white, so full of pain, that they were seized with pity. ACTIVITIES AFTER READING THE BOOK 1 Imagine you were at the Opera on the night the chandelier fell. Write a letter to a friend telling about the strange events that happened in act 3 of Faust that night. 2 There is a musical of The Phantom of the Opera. Imagine that you have just read in the newspaper that you can win tickets to see it. All you have to do to win is write in 300-400 words Was the phantom really in love with Christine or did he love only her voice?

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2 Write the missing word in each sentence. horror torture gun cellar mirror (a) The Persian told Raoul to hold the __________ in front of his face at all times. (b) The Persian and Raoul left Christines dressing room through the __________. (c) The Persian took Raoul down to the third __________. (d) It was the Punjab rope. He threw it down in __________. (e) We have dropped into the __________ room! Chapters 1012 1 Answer these questions. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) Where did the Persian meet Erik? What was the Persians job? Where did Erik learn to throw a rope and kill men with it? Who did Erik work for after he returned to France? What did Erik do during the war? What could Erik do with his voice that no one before him could do? (g) Erik was the first person in the world to build something? What? (h) What did Erik plan to do if Christine refused to marry him?

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The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux
underground house on the lake below the Opera. She believes he is the Angel of Music, who her father promised to send after he died. To her horror she discovers, when she sees him for the first time that she is in the grip of a terrible monster. Count Chagnys brother Raoul, the viscount, is also in love with Christine but she cannot return his love for fear of what the monster will do if he finds them together. The monster and the viscount are jealous of each other, but the monster is far cleverer and Raoul ends up in Eriks torture room with the Persian who is helping him find Christine. When it seems that there is no hope and that they will die in the torture room, the Persian reminds Erik that he once saved Eriks life. This saves the two men. When Christine touches the monsters hand, mixes her tears with his, and allows the monster to kiss her, he has his first and last taste of human affection and love. How can he now allow Christine to go away with Raoul? We learn towards the end of the story that Erik was born with no nose and yellow eyes. In fairs all across Europe, he learned magic. He sang beautifully, was the worlds first ventriloquist, and could perform unbelievable tricks. When a Persian Princess heard about him, she instructed her chief of police, known as the Persian in the story, to bring him to her palace in Mazenderan. The king used Eriks skills for political murders. Erik built a palace full of trap doors and secret passages for the king. It was a work of genius and the king ordered Eriks death so that no one else could have such a palace. The chief of police saved Erik from death and he escaped. Finally, he went to Paris, where he worked for Philippe Garnier, the architect of the Paris Opera. During the war, work on the Opera stopped, but Erik continued working alone, building trap doors and secret passages. It is his genius, his talents, and his personal tragedy that led him to a life as the Phantom of the Opera. Chapters 1 and 2: The managers of the Paris Opera House are retiring and have a party. That day, some of the workers see the Opera ghost and are very scared. That night, Joseph Buquet is found hanging in the cellars of the opera house. Viscount Raoul Chagny has met Christine Daa, one of the singers, before and is in love with her. He hears her talking to someone in her dressing room. When he tries to find out who she is talking to, there is no-one there. During the retirement ceremony, the ghost reappears and then writes letters to the managers giving his orders. However, the new managers do not believe there is a ghost and think the old managers are playing a joke on them.
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About the author

Gaston Leroux, born in Paris in 1868, was trained in law, but chose a career in writing. He wrote stories, plays, poems, novels and screenplays. His own extensive travels around the world and his knowledge of the layout of the Paris Opera are cleverly interwoven into The Phantom of the Opera. He was intrigued by the design of the opera house and thought it would be the perfect setting for a detective story. The story remains as popular today as it was when he wrote it.

Summary
This famous classic about a man with a terribly deformed face who falls in love with the beautiful French opera singer, Christine Daa, is told after the events happen. A historian researches the events surrounding the mysterious disappearance of Viscount Chagny and Christine Daa and this is his story. He learns from research that the mans face was so monstrous that even his mother could not look at him when he was a child, and his hope of ever finding love was an impossible dream. Much of what we learn about this man, Erik, who almost everyone at the time believes is a ghost, comes at the end of the story when all is revealed by the Persian who knew him better than anyone. The story begins when the ghost is seen in the Opera on the evening of the retirement party for the managers. There is also a death in the Opera that night. The retiring managers inform the new managers that there is a ghost who can bring disaster to the Opera if he does not get what he wants. The new managers laugh and do not believe this story until they make the mistake of going against the wishes of the ghost. The ghost is in love with Christine Daa and manages to carry her away to his
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Chapters 3 and 4: Viscount Chagny follows Christine back to her home town in Brittany. They knew each other as children and still have a somewhat childish relationship. She tells him that the Angel of Music, sent to her by her father after his death, helps her sing more beautifully. However, Raoul doesnt believe her. Raoul has a strange experience in the graveyard when Christine goes to visit her fathers grave. He sees a shadow which seems to have a face of death. After this, the Opera ghost starts threatening to curse the opera if his conditions are not met. The managers dont obey him, so a chandelier falls on one of the managers servants and kills her during a performance. The performance of Faust seems indeed to be cursed. Chapters 5 and 6: Christine asks Raoul Chagny to meet her at the masked party at the opera house. He has to wear white and is sworn to secrecy. After talking together at the party, Raoul hides in her room and hears Erik, the Angel of Music, singing. He also sees the face of death again. Christine reveals to him that she is under the power of Erik. He loves her and wants to marry her. She has torn the mask from his face and has seen his monstrous ugliness. Although he has taught her to sing and she has compassion for him because of his misfortune, he terrifies her. While Christine is telling Raoul this and they are walking around the hidden parts of the opera house, they are followed by a shadow. Chapters 7 and 8: Christine and Raoul have decided to run away together. They decide to go after Christines next performance although Raoul wants her to leave straight away. Strangely, their engagement is announced in the paper the next day. During Christines performance, the stage turns dark and she disappears. The police are called and the managers and Raoul interviewed. No-one knows what has happened to her. The Opera ghost demands his next payment. However, the managers cannot decide who took the last payment, whether the ghost received the payment or whether someone else, perhaps one of them, took it. They decide to try to trick the ghost or the thief. Chapters 9 and 10: The Persian, who works at the Opera, helps Raoul try to find Christine and tells him what he knows about Erik, who is, in fact, the Opera ghost. The Persian knows him from the past and says he is a monster. They realize the ghost must be holding Christine prisoner. They explore the opera house and hear Christine, who is trapped in the room next to Eriks torture room at the bottom level of the opera house. Chapters 11 and 12: Erik, it seems, has put explosives under the Opera and will blow everyone up if Christine does not marry him. Erik traps Raoul and the Persian in the torture room where he plays tricks on them to torture their minds, and causes intensely hot conditions then threatens to flood the room. They are saved by Christine. She agrees to marry Erik and the Persian also reminds Erik that he saved his life years before, so Erik stops the torture. Afterwards, the Persian finds out that Raouls brother is dead, probably killed by Erik. As Christine has let Erik kiss her, Erik frees her. Erik is dying and Raoul and Christine run away together. The Persian tells his story and what he knows about the terrible monster Erik. It turns out that Erik was born with a monstrous face and was displayed in a circus as the living dead. He was a magician and was taken to Persia where, he was employed by the royal family to build a palace full of secret passages and trap doors where the king could use his trickery to perform political murders. The king ordered his death so that the secrets of the palace could never be copied. The Persian, however, saved him. After his death, Eriks skeleton is taken to the National School of Music.

Background and themes

Judging by appearances: This story is about the great misfortune which can come to someone when they are different from everyone else, and when that person is not accepted for who they are. When people do not look into the heart of the man but look at appearances only, they quickly misjudge that person. This is what happens to Erik, in spite of his enormous musical talent, his skillfulness as a magician, ventriloquist, architect, and inventor; he cannot join the human race because of his terrible face. He wants nothing more than acceptance, especially acceptance from a woman. He wants a wife and a normal life in a normal house like other people. He will never have these things and he knows it. So he becomes revengeful and he tortures those who do not allow him to do as he wishes. He uses his genius to create a mysterious world where he can torture people he dislikes. While this is a work of fiction, the character of Erik is, sadly, too recognizable. We see in society today terrible crimes committed by people who have lived as outsiders, who have not had friends, who live in a world of their own. Vulnerable young people, like Christine Daa and Raoul Chagny, can easily become victims of such people.

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The class system: The Phantom of the Opera is also the story of the class system, whereby uneducated and poor people are used and discarded by their superiors, as in the case of the servant of Monsieur Moncharmin. The triumph of good over evil: The Phantom of the Opera is ultimately a story of good and evil, love and hate, jealousy and greed. And, in the end, good conquers evil.

Chapter 2 After reading

8 Write: Have students answer the following questions. Who are Monsieur Armand Moncharmin and Monsieur Firmin Richard? Where is the Opera? Who writes his memories? What does Monsieur Richard do? 9 Discuss: Have the students discuss in small groups everything that has happened in Chapter 2. What happens in Chapter 2? What do the old managers advise the new managers to do? Who do you think wrote the letters, the ghost or the old managers?

Discussion activities
Before reading
1 Discuss: In small groups, have students discuss the title of the book and look at the front cover. Do you know what the word phantom means? What other words could you use instead of this? What does this word suggest the book is about? Predict what the story is about and write down your ideas. 2 Research: Have students look up The Phantom of the Opera on the Internet or in books/magazines and see what pictures they can find. What do these pictures or photographs suggest about the story? What do the characters look like? Do you think you will enjoy this story? Write down as many adjectives as you can think of to describe the pictures you find.

Chapter 3 Before reading

10 Predict: Have students predict who the Angel of Music is. Is the Angel of Music human or a ghost? Do you think the Opera ghost has anything to do with this?

After reading
11 Discuss: Have the students discuss their predictions about the Angel of Music. What was the Angel of Music? Were your predictions correct? If not, what did you think the Angel of Music would be? 12 Role play: Student A: You are Raoul. You have followed Christine to the graveyard, and then you were found on the church steps. Explain to the police what happened to you, what you saw and what you felt. Student B: You are a policeman and you need to know what happened at the graveyard and why Raoul was found on the steps of the church. Interview him about what happened. You do not really believe Raoul and you do not believe in ghosts. You think there must be another explanation. 13 Artwork: Have students do a painting, collage, or computer-generated image of the Angel of Music. Have the students think about how they could show that this angel is associated with music. Students could choose to use a genre of music that they like to illustrate their image.

Chapter 1 Before reading

3 Predict: Have students predict what this chapter is about. What do you think happens in this chapter? The title is a question. What does this tell you about the ghost?

After reading
4 Discuss: Have the students discuss the following questions. What happened in this chapter? What strange events occurred? Do you think the ghost killed Joseph, or do you think he killed himself ? Who was Christine talking to? How do you think you would react if you saw a ghost? Give reasons for your answers. 5 Artwork: Have the students look over the descriptions of the ghost in Chapter 1 and draw a picture of the ghost. 6 Pair work: Have the students work together and write answers to the following questions. What does the ghost request? What would you do if you were the manager? Would you obey the ghost, or do what you wanted to do? 7 Role play: Have the students work in groups of four. Old Managers: Two of the students are the old managers and tell the new managers all about the ghost and what has happened in the past. The old managers have to warn the new managers about what might happen if they do not obey the ghost. New Managers: Two of the students are the new managers and laugh at the suggestions of the old managers. They do not believe them and think the old managers either want to keep control or are playing a joke on them.
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14 Discuss: Have the students discuss the title of this chapter. What is a curse? Do you believe curses really exist and can work, or is this sort of thing nonsense? Do you know any stories of famous curses? What do you think this curse might mean in the book? Who or what is cursed? 15 Write: Have the students answer the following questions. a What conditions does the ghost expect the managers to meet? b What does the ghost threaten to do if his conditions are not met? c Who does Carlotta think is threatening her? d If you were one of the managers, what would you do?
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16 Write: Have students do the following piece of writing. You work for a local newspaper and you have heard about the death of a woman killed by a falling chandelier. Write an article about it. You can include what you have heard about the Opera ghost if you want to. 17 Role play: Student A: You are one of the new managers of the opera house. You are discussing what to do after the chandelier death with the other manager. You think it was a freak accident and that you need to check all the safety features of the Opera. You do not think it was anything to do with the ghost and you are worried about what the press might write about the tragedy. You think the death is very bad for business. Student B: You are also one of the managers. You are very upset about the chandelier death and you think this has happened because you did not obey the requests of the Opera ghost. You must try and persuade the other manager to do what the ghost wants. You think the Opera may be cursed.

Chapter 6 Before reading

23 Write: Have students write down what tragedy they think occurs in this chapter. Is the tragedy caused by the Opera ghost?

After reading
24 Discuss: Have the students discuss everything they know about the Opera ghost. Who is the Opera ghost? Who is the Angel of Music and the voice? Are these things separate or part of the same thing? Do you think the Opera ghost was once a man? 25 Write: Have the students write a letter from Raoul to Christine. Ask them to remember that Raoul is in love with Christine. Imagine you are Raoul, tell Christine in your letter how you feel about her. Write about her beauty, her beautiful singing voice, her performances and her character. Tell her what you want to happen in the future. 26 Role play: Put students into pairs and ask them to role play the conversation between Raoul and Christine from the point where they come to the eighth floor and see the Persian to when they look for the ring but cannot find it. After they have performed their role plays, ask the students what they think Raoul and Christine should do at this point in the story and why.

After reading
18 Discuss: Have students discuss the letter at the end of Chapter 4. What do you think will happen at the masked party? Why must Raoul keep this meeting secret? Why does he need to wear a white mask and coat? 19 Research: Have the students research the story of Faust on the Internet or in books. Who wrote the story of Faust? What is it about? Then, have the students discuss in pairs whether they think there is any connection between the story of Faust and what has happened so far in The Phantom of the Opera. 20 Write: Have the students work in pairs and imagine they have visited the graveyard with Raoul and have seen the face of death. Ask them to write down as many adjectives as they can think of to describe the face, for example, frightening. Then, ask them to think of as many adjectives as they can to describe how they and Raoul felt when they saw the face: for example, frightened.

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27 Predict: Have the students discuss who they think disappears in this chapter? Who disappears? How do they disappear? Who is responsible for the disappearance?

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28 Discuss: Ask the students if they were right about their predictions. Who, in fact, disappeared? How did Christine disappear? Did the ghost take her or did she run away? Was it a trick? What do you think? 29 Role play: Student A: You are the police detective investigating the disappearance of Christine. Interview the suspects and ask them lots of questions. Student B: You are Raoul. You are very distressed at the disappearance of Christine as you were going to run away together. Tell the detective about the ghost and what you think happened to her. Student C: You are one of the managers. You do not really know what happened to Christine. You think the ghost might be involved, but you dont want the detective to think you are mad. 30 Write: Ask students to imagine they are Christine. Ask them to write a letter from Christine to Raoul, telling him what has happened to her. Ask students to think about how Christine must be feeling. What do you think has happened to Christine? Has she run away or has she been captured by the ghost? How is she feeling? Is she feeling brave or frightened? Is she angry or has she given up? Remember, she may never see Raoul again, so she needs to say how she really feels.
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21 Discuss: Have students discuss their predictions about the masked party. Were your predictions correct? What happened at the masked party? Who is Erik? 22 Artwork: Have students imagine that they are going to a masked party. Ask them to design a mask. They must include a clue or clues in their design that says something about their character. Afterwards put the masks on display or have the students wear them. Ask students to guess whose mask belongs to whom.

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31 Discuss: Have the students discuss in pairs who they think took the money. Did the Opera ghost get his payment or did one of the managers steal it? What about Madame Giry? Did she have anything to do with the disappearance of the money? 32 Role play: Put the students into groups of three. One student is Madame Giry and the other two students are the managers. The managers think Madame Giry has stolen the 20,000 francs and they question her closely. Madame Giry says she is innocent and is upset and annoyed that the managers suspect her. Have the conversation. 38 Write: Ask the students to imagine that the Opera ghost has caused another tragedy at the Opera. Ask them to write an article about it for the local paper. Remind them to include references to what has happened before. Another tragedy has occurred at the Opera. What is it? Is it another murder? Is it an accident? Who was involved? Did anyone see what happened? Who caused it? Was it the work of the Opera ghost or just a coincidence? Is the Opera cursed? Has the ghost made any threats recently? Has the Opera ghost been looked after or is he angry about something? 39 Write: Ask the students to imagine they are Erik and they are dying. Erik is looking back over his life and trying to decide whether what he did was good or bad. Erik wants to write his life story starting with his childhood. Imagine you are Erik and you are writing your life story. Do you feel happy or sad about the life you have lived? Do you regret the murders you have committed? Would you have treated people differently if you hadnt been ugly? What would you have done differently? Start with your childhood and write about your life. Remember to include how you felt and how people treated you. 40 Role play: Student A: You are Raoul. You dont understand why Erik has been so horrible to you and why he has nearly killed you. You are trying to understand this. Ask the Persian what he thinks and what he knows about Eriks life. Student B: You are the Persian. You need to answer Raouls questions as fully as you can. You know Erik is an evil man, but you also know his background. Explain to Raoul how Erik has become the evil monster he is.

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33 Discuss: Have students discuss this chapter. Who are the dead bodies? Are they really dead? What do you think the torture room is? Who does it belong to and who has been tortured? By who?

Chapter 10 After reading

34 Pair work: Have students work in pairs and try and remember as many things as they can about Erik from this chapter. Ask them to write down what they can remember in note form. 35 Discuss: Put students into groups and have them discuss the following questions. Should you judge people by their appearance? What dangers are there in doing this? Why did Erik become the monster he was? Was he like this because of how he had been treated as a child and later in life? If Erik had had other opportunities, do you think he would still have become a murderer? How are people treated in your society if they are different from others? How are disabled people treated in your society? Are there any ways you could improve how these people are treated?

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41 Discuss: Put students in small groups and ask them to discuss who, or what, they think Erik really is. Is he a ghost or a man? Do you like him, hate him, or feel sorry for him? Do you think he should force Christine to marry him?

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36 Write: Ask students to imagine they had been in the torture room too. Ask them to write an article for the local newspaper about their frightening experience and how they managed to escape. 37 Discuss: Put students in pairs and ask them to discuss the character of Christine Daa. Why did Christine behave the way she did? Why didnt she try to escape from Erik? Why did she agree to marry him? Was she scared or did she have any feelings for him? Was she weak in your opinion? What would you have done in her position?

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42 Discuss: Ask students if they have changed their opinion of Erik having read this chapter. Who do you think Erik is now? Is he a man or a ghost? Were you correct or have you changed your mind about Erik?

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Chapters 13 1 Which character in the first chapter ? a is in charge of moving scenery? b is the singing master? c has a private box in the Opera? d is in charge of Box Five? e is found hanging in the third cellar? f is the scenery manager? 2 Answer the following questions. a What are the names of the old managers of the Opera? b What do the old managers warn the new managers about? c Do the new managers believe the old? What do the new managers do? d What requests does the ghost make? 3 Write true (T) or false (F) next to each sentence. a La Sorelli is a manager of the Opera. c b Joseph Buquet is a serious type of man. c c The dancers at the opera are ballet dancers. c d Gabriel is the stage manager. c e Joseph Buquet is found hanging in the opera. c 4 Underline the correct word. a Monsieur Moncharmin has written down his complaints / memories. b Monsieur Mercier is the singing teacher / scenery manager. c The opera showing is Midsummer Nights Dream / Faust. d Philippe and Raoul Chagny are brothers / cousins. e The opera house is in Berlin / Paris. 5 Answer the following questions. a Write down two things the old managers advise the new managers to do.
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b What will happen if the new managers do not do these things? 6 Put these sentences into the correct order. Write (110) next to (aj). a c The retiring managers and the new managers leave the guests and go to the office. b c The managers tell the inspector they no longer want Madame Giry working for them. c c Jammes sees the Opera ghost for the second time and screams loudly. d c Monsieur Richard receives a letter from the Opera ghost asking him not to sell Box Five. e c The managers go to Box Five to inspect it. f c The managers are told there is a ghost and that disaster strikes when the ghost does not get what he wants. g c The managers receive an inspectors report about a problem in Box Five. h c The man with the face of Death tells the guests that Buquet was found hanging. i c Madame Giry tries to explain to the new managers that the Opera ghost spoke to people who were sitting in his box. j c Monsieur Poligny shows the new managers the memorandum book with the strange handwriting in red ink. 7 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false ones. a As children, Christine Daa and Raoul played together in the graveyard at Perros-Guirec. b Christines father was a poor farmer, a widower and a talented violinist. c Monsieur Valrius took Christine to PerrosGuirec, where she met Raoul for the first time. d Christines father told her that the Angel of Music brings great talent to those he visits. e When Monsieur Valrius died, Christine lost her voice, her soul, and her genius.
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Chapters 4 6 8 Write the letter Christine wrote to Raoul after the night in Perros (page 28). When you have finished, compare your letter with another students. Are your letters similar? How are they different? Which one do you think is better? 9 What happened when ? a Madame Giry told the managers that she had received a letter from the ghost? b Carlotta received a letter threatening her if she appeared on stage that night? c Carlotta sang her only two lines in the second act? d the managers returned to Box Five for the third act? e the managers returned and found the opera glasses and remembered Madame Girys words? 10 Answer the following questions. After the chandelier fell, what happened to a Carlotta? . b Christine Daa? .. c Madame Giry? 11 Who speaks, writes or sings these words and to whom? a But you know as well as I do that Christine couldnt marry, even if she wanted to. b The genius gives her lessons? Where? c Go to the masked party at the Opera on the night after tomorrow. d Dear, it is a tragedy! e Our lives are joined forever and a day! f Who is this Erik?

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12 Choose the correct word. talent beautifully enthusiastic doubt performance Count Chagny was right. No (a) had ever equaled this one. Christine Daa had shown her true (b) for the first time to the surprised and (c) audience. There were many famous pieces (d) sung by the singers of the day, but Christine Daa had been, without (e) , the best. Chapters 79 13 Who is described in these sentences? Choose from the following: Viscount Chagny the Persian Monsieur Richard Erik Monsieur Moncharmin Raoul Christine Daa Philippe a He is always in the Opera. b His eyes only show in the dark. c He took out his gun and aimed at the two eyes. d The report in the Epoque said he intended to prevent the marriage. e When the lights came back on, she was no longer there! f He continued shouting for a safety pin until a boy brought him one. g He put his hands together and lowered his head, and left slowly, walking backwards. h The face was so white, so full of pain, that they were seized with pity. Chapters 1012 14 With another student discuss Eriks behavior. Do you think Eriks ugliness is an excuse for his behavior? Is his behavior his fault or societys fault? One student should prepare arguments agreeing that Erik is responsible for his own behavior. The other student should prepare arguments showing that Eriks behavior is the result of the way he has been treated. Have the discussion. 15 Imagine you are the Persian and you have known Erik for a long time. Write about who Erik is and what has happened in his life. Also write why you think he has become so evil.
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1 Answer the following questions. a What are the names of the new managers of the Opera? b In which city is the Opera situated? c Who is Christine Daa? d What happens to Joseph Buquet? e What is the surname of Philippe and Raoul? f What demands does the ghost make? 2 Underline the correct answer. a Christine Daa and Raoul Chagny knew each other from the Opera / childhood. b Christine goes to visit her fathers home / grave. c Christines father is from Germany / Scandinavia. d Perros-Guirec is in Paris / Brittany. 3 Put the correct word in the sentence. social performance tongue retirement artistic retiring whispers During this time, the (a) ceremony was taking place. The most important people in the (b) and (c) world of Paris had met in the entrance hall of the Opera after the (d) . Sorelli waited for the arrival of the (e) managers with a prepared speech on the tip of her (f ) . Behind her, the corps de ballet, young and old, discussed the events of the day in (g) .

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6 Answer the following questions. a What will happen to Christine if she takes off the ring given to her by Erik? b Why does Raoul shoot the cat? c Who is Monsieur Faure? d What is Monsieur Faure investigating? e Who lives in the Rue Rivoli? 7 Tick (3) the sentences which are true. a Erik tried to drown the Persian. c b The Persian knew Erik from the past. c c Erik used to live in London. c d Erik wears a mask to hide his face. c e Erik was in the war in Persia. c

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8 Match the following words with their meanings. a c to be confused b c a tragedy c c an emotion d c to be jealous e c a curse f c a ventriloquist g c mysterious h c a genius 1) Something very sad like an accident. 2) A person who can do tricks with his voice. 3) To want something that someone else has. 4) Not to be clear in ones thinking. 5) Someone who is extremely talented. 6) A feeling. 7) Something strange. 8) A spell that brings bad luck.
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4 Match the sentences (ae) with the numbers (15). a At midnight .. b If you love me .. c Raoul saw a red foot followed by another .. d Raoul answered Maybe with so much desperate love .. e He kissed her hands and went away, .. 1) then the whole red coat of Red Death met his eyes. 2) cursing Erik and promising himself to be patient. 3) be in the little room behind the stairs. 4) that Christine could not hold back the tears. 5) do not let yourself be recognized.
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1 Open answers 2 Possible answers: It is said that there is a lake under the Paris Opera. Also, there are hundreds of rooms, long passages, seventeen floors (five of which are underground), 2,500 doors and many trap doors. This kind of building gives a writer many opportunities for mystery, strange sounds, and characters coming and going in unusual ways. 3 Open answers (but f cellar: underground; chandelier: in a large, fine room, for example a grand sitting room; trap door: in a floor or ceiling, for example a floor above a cellar) 4 a Monsieur/M. Debienne and Monsieur/M. Poligny b La Sorelli c the Opera ghost d Joseph Buquet e Madame Giry/Megs mother f Monsieur/M. Moncharmin g Christine Daa h Philippe George Marie/Count of Chagny i Raoul j Monsieur/M. Firmin Richard k Mr. Daa/Christines father l Monsieur/M. Valrius m the Angel of music 5 a The young ballet dancers rush into La Sorellis dressing room because they think they have seen the Opera ghost. This is important to the story because the reader is given a description of the ghost and his habits. b The dead body of Joseph Buquet is found hanging in the third cellar under the stage. This scares everyone; they think the Opera ghost is responsible. c After fainting at the end of her performance, Christine is with a doctor in her dressing room. Raoul tries to see her but has to wait outside the room. When Christine is alone in her dressing room, Raoul hears her talking to a man. He searches the room after she leaves, but he finds no one. This makes Raoul jealous and upset, and it makes the reader believe in the existence of a phantom. d At the wonderful party for the retiring managers, everyone sees a man with a strange face and hollow eyes sitting at the end of the table. Everyone believes that this person, who does not speak or eat or drink, is the Opera ghost. This gives the reader more proof that the ghost is real, but nothing is definite.
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e The inspector reports that there were people in Box Five making a lot of noise and annoying others. They were laughing loudly, were not in their right mind, and made stupid remarks to the inspector. This shows that the Opera ghost will make trouble if anyone uses Box Five. f Christine was with her father in Perros-Guirec. At the beach Christines beautiful singing captured Raouls imagination. When the girls scarf was blown out to sea, Raoul rescued it. Christine laughed and kissed the boy. This was when their love began. g Raoul follows Christine into the graveyard beside the church at Perros-Guirec late at night. He sees her praying at her fathers grave and he hears the most perfect music, a piece that Christines father used to play when he was alive. When Christine leaves, skulls roll toward Raoul and he sees the shadow of a man. Raoul follows the man and sees the face of Death with a pair of burnt-out eyes. He feels that he has seen the devil and he faints. This is more proof that ghosts and phantoms are real in this story. 6 a In this passage, the Opera ghost demands 20,000 francs per month. Monsieur Moncharmin and Monsieur Richard laugh at this and treat it as a joke. b They laugh at this letter, too. They think that the old managers are playing a trick on them and want to keep Box Five for themselves. They send tickets for Box Five to Monsieur Debienne and Monsieur Poligny but intend to do this only once. c They are annoyed by the letter from the two retired managers because they think the joke is going on too long. d They are annoyed, amused, and then angry with Madame Girys explanations. They think she is mad and they fire her from her job. After this they inspect Box Five for themselves. 7 Open answers 8 From the girls in the ballet company and Joseph Buquet, we learn that O.G. (Opera ghost) is ugly, wears fine clothes, walks quietly and slowly, is silent, has the face of Death and a body like a skeleton, is very thin, has eyes that are just two big, black holes, and no nose. At the party for the retiring managers, we learn that O.G. is ugly, pale, with two deep black holes for eyes. He doesnt eat or drink, but this time he has some kind of nose, possibly a false one. Madame Giry says that O.G. has a lovely mans voice.
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9 a angry b confident c optimistic d nervous e confused f emotional 10 a white b black c graveyard d near e lies to f tragic g mirror h the same creature 11 a cheerful b anxious c excited d amazed e insulted f desperate 12 In the first letter to the two new managers, O.G. lists his demands and threatens to put a curse on the Opera. In the second and third letters, O.G. threatens Carlotta with great misfortune if she appears that night on the stage. 13 Opera ghost, Angel of Music, Erik 14 a A box of candy, a pair of opera glasses, strangely cold air, the sound of breathing, his laughter, and his voice. b Raoul recognizes his face as the face of Death from Perros-Guirec when he is wearing a mask and dressed as the Red Death. c Raoul sees the ghosts foot and his coat and then looks into his eyes; Christines voice changes. d Raoul and Christine hear a faint singing coming from the walls; the voice is male and beautiful; an icy wind sweeps over Raouls face. e A voice whispers in Raouls ear about Christine, her ring, and her soul. f A hand closes a trap door suddenly. g A shadow follows Raoul and Christine; they hear the sound of someone in pain; a shadow approaches them; the shadow listens while Christine tells Raoul her story; a voice says, Horror! Horror! Horror!; the Phantoms burning eyes stare down when Christine and Raoul kiss. h Christine hears the Phantoms voice; the room changes and she is mysteriously outside the room; a stone-cold hand seizes her wrist and covers her mouth when she tries to scream. i Christine recognizes the Phantoms voice; he tells her his name; she sees the face beneath the mask; she hears him play his music. 15 17 Open answers 18 a F b T c T d T e F f F g T 19 a envelope b stealing c backward d safety e empty 20 a F b T c T d F e F f T 21 a Raoul thinks the eyes belong to Erik, his rival, and he wants to kill him. b Christine is singing with all her heart and soul, and Raoul is afraid for her. He stands because he is in love and he is worried for her safety. c and d The new managers do these unusual things in order to discover what has happened to the 20,000 francs they gave to Opera ghost. e Christine does not disappear willingly. She is carried off by Erik. f Erik gives him a drug to make him sleep. 22 a This key allows Christine to reach Erik at the edge of the lake. b Erik has told Christine that she will suffer his revenge if the ring isnt on her finger at all times. c This report of a promise of marriage between Raoul and Christine angers Count Philippe Chagny. Because he is angry and intends to stop the wedding, he is accused of causing Christines disappearance. d This allows Erik to steal Christine from the stage. e The disappearing money, replaced by false notes, confuses the managers and makes them believe in Opera ghost. f The mirror is a door in the wall. It has been cleverly made to allow Erik to enter his hidden world. 23 Erik has Christine in the opera house or in the house on the lake. Erik made the system that allows Christines mirror to work as an entrance to his secret world. Erik is known in Persia as the trap door lover. Erik built the walls, the doors, and the trap doors of the Opera. Eriks secret world can be reached through the cellars of the opera house. Erik is very skilful with a Punjab rope. Erik has a torture room.
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24 Open answers 25 a 4 b 6 c 8 d 2 e 3 f 1 g 7 h 5 26 a HEAR b HEAR c SEE d SEE e FEEL f HEAR g HEAR h SEE i SEE j FEEL k FEEL l FEEL 27 a 6 b 4 c 1 d 5 e 3 f 2 28 a Christine persuades Erik that she will be his living wife. She sees him without his mask and doesnt run away, she allows him to kiss her forehead, and she kisses his forehead. They cry together, and Erik is emotional because their tears mix together. Her kiss is Eriks first kiss, and after that he does what she asks him to do: he allows Raoul and the Persian to live and later he allows Christine to go off with Raoul, her true love. But because of all the emotion and his own heartbreak, Erik dies. b He is a talented inventor. He sings beautifully and writes wonderful music. He is a skilful builder and architect. He is great magician. He can throw a rope like a cowboy. He can torture and kill people in many different ways. He is a great ventriloquist. c While they were in Persia Erik helped the Persian, and the Persian saved Erik from being killed by the Persian king. 29 Possible answers: The authors method of telling the story gives us (the readers) the impression that we are working with the story-teller to find out what is really happening. We learn bits of information from different times and places, and slowly we have to put it all together. This is an exciting way to tell a story because we feel that we are solving the mystery. 30 39 Open answers 3 Using the ghost and not a ghost suggests the ghost has been seen before. 4 5 Open answers 6 The ghost requests an allowance and Box Five for his own use. 7 Open answers 8 Monsieur Moncharmin and Monsieur Richard are the new managers. The Opera is in Paris. Monsieur Moncharmin has written his memories. Monsieur Richard writes music. 9 The old managers advise the new managers to obey the ghost to avoid trouble and to have the locks changed. 10 13 Open answers 14 A curse is a magical spell that brings bad luck. 15 a To keep his box for him and not to sell it, to give him an allowance and to allow Christine Daa to sing. b He threatens to curse the performance. c Carlotta thinks that Christine is threatening her. d Open answers 16 18 Open answers 19 Faust is a play by Goethe (German). Faust sells his soul to the devil to gain advantages in this life. 20 Suggested answers: frightening (frightened), terrifying (terrified), scary (scared). 2133 Open answers 34 Suggested answers: Erik is a monster, a murderer, and a magician. He is terribly ugly but sings beautifully and writes music. He tried to drown the Persian, who knew him from the past and who had saved his life. He can use the Punjab rope to kill and used to design buildings and build trap doors. 35 36 Open answers 37 Suggested answer: Christine wanted to sing beautifully and wanted the Angel of Music to help her. However, she was weak and could not escape Eriks power. 38 42 Open answers

Discussion activities key

1 2 Suggested answer: Phantom means ghost. It could be a ghost story. Suggested answer: Adjectives: frightening, terrifying, exciting, colorful.
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1 a Joseph Buquet b Gabriel c the ghost d Madame Giry e Joseph Buquet f Mercier
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2 a Monsieur Debienne and Monsieur Poligny b They tell them about the Opera ghost and the need to obey him. c No, they do not believe them. They laugh. d An allowance and Box Five 3 a F b T c T d F e T 4 a memories b scenery manager c Faust d brothers e Paris 5 a They advise them to have new locks made and to honor any request made by the ghost. b Disaster will strike the Opera. 6 The correct order is 1 c 2 h 3 f 4 a 5 j 6 d 7 g 8 i 9 b 10 e 7 a T b T c F Her father took her. d T e F When her father died. 8 Open answers 9 a Monsieur Richard kicked her out of his office. b She asked all her supporters to attend that nights performance. c The audience were enthusiastic. d They found a box of candy. e They felt some strange, cold air around them. 10 a Carlotta was unwell. b Christine disappeared. c Madame Giry got her old job back. 11 a Madame Valrius to Raoul b Raoul to Madame Valrius c Christine to Raoul d Christine to Raoul e a mans voice to Christine f Raoul to himself 12 a performance b talent c enthusiastic d beautifully e doubt 13 a the Persian b Erik c Raoul d Philippe e Christine Daa f Monsieur Moncharmin g Monsieur Richard h Viscount Chagny 14 15 Open answers

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1 a Monsieur Armand Moncharmin and Monsieur Firmin Richard b Paris c A singer d He is found dead (hanged). e Chagny f Box Five and an allowance 2 a childhood b grave c Scandinavia d Brittany 3 a retirement b social (artistic) c artistic (social) d performance e retiring f tongue g whispers 4 a 3 b 5 c 1 d 4 e 2 5 a T b F He wants Christine. c T d F They see signs that hes been there. e F She has the voice of a toad. 6 a She will suffer his revenge. b He thinks hes seen the eyes of the face of Death. c The police detective d The disappearance of Christine e The Persian 7 a, b and d are true and should be ticked. 8 a 4 b 1 c 6 d 3 e 8 f 2 g 7 h 5

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